The Chinese government has declared that electric shock treatment is not a suitable therapy for youths allegedly addicted to the internet.
China has been grappling with the scourge of internet addiction in recent years, with youths keeling over in internet cafes due to excessive gameplay, or killing each other over virtual world …

electroconvulsive therapy

They're using ECT wrongly - it would work if the internet connected device in the patient's (detainee's?) padded cell was connected to a randomly applied current source - you just need one of those IP 67 stainless steel keyboards and an insulation tester...

Nice...

"But the country's Ministry of Health has come down hard on Yang, declaring that "Electroshock therapy for Internet addiction... has no foundation in clinical research or evidence and therefore is not appropriate for clinical application"."

Hey, could their MoH come over and do the same for all the "alternative" quackery that is freely sold to the public around here too, even if it has nothing but placebo effect?